Our Bishop

Our Bishop: Doctor Imad Mousa Haddad

5th Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land 

Bishop Dr. Imad Haddad was born and raised in Beit Jala, Palestine. He received a Bachelor of Theology degree from the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon and spent an additional year studying at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Colombia, 
South Carolina.  

He was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land in March, 2008 and was first called to serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour until 2012. He then spent eight years as Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah. In 2020 he was called to serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Amman, Jordan.  

From 2018 to 2020, Rev. Imad was called to serve as the chief Justice of the ELCJHL Ecclesiastical Court. In 2022, he was elected as the President of the ELCJHL Synod.  

In 2025, he earned his Doctor of Ministry from United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg and Philadelphia. The title of his dissertation is Public Theology: A Theology on the Image of Christ. 

Pastor Imad was elected as Bishop in the summer of 2017, and was installed on January 11, 2026, as the 5th Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. 

Bishop Haddad is an advocate of interreligious and ecumenical cooperation, having participated in many dialogues through the ELCJHL and other organizations. He is a member of the Society for Intercultural/Interreligious Pastoral Care and Counseling (SIPCC).  

He is married to Rula Kasbari Haddad, and together they have two daughters, Daline and Yara.